The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-10-01
DEFEATED BRITISHERS
Americas Cup viii Stay Here.
The Great Volunteer Succeeds Again
In Winning.
The Scottish Yacht Defeated Fairly
and Squarely.
The American Out Points and Out
Foots Her Opponent.
The Valiant Yankee sioop Crosses
the Line n winner by Nearly
Twelve Miautes-Sad
kngIishmen.


kngiishmen.
NEw York, September 30.-The
second attempt to sail the second race
In the two out OF three match for the
American cup was accomplished to-
day under circumstances that COM
PEELED tho NEST ultra Bfilisher to say
that the cutter Thistle was beaten
fairly and sou0dly. The fret victory
OF the Volunteer WAS no. thoroughly
admitted by the foreigners. The lat
ter allowed that the race on the inside
course was not a fair one in itself, and
they declared the srowdins steamboats,
lent assistance toward defeating the
purposes Of the Thistle. The day did
not open propltiously. Toe ssms old
storm that had been hanging about for
Two days was still lingering,
aud the bank OF fog that
showed yesterday was still under the
skles. When the beats got below
Sandy Hook they found . right lively
breeze. The excursion boats came
down TO the number Of twenty. five,
and these, together with the stean
yachts and tugs with private parties
alb ard, swelled the number TO fifty.
Every one Of the 5000 spectators saw
No square a race as was ever sailed In
any wateTe. Tne contestants were at
the point Of start In good season, &c
was the T. eotia higship. OF the New
York Yacht Club, with the committee
OF judges on board. II was precisely
1881 o'clock am. that the
PREPARATORY SIGNAL WAS GIVEN.
That was the time stated In the cir.
cular formally itsusd by the commit
tee days ago. At that time the excnr-
zion boats and steam yachts bad gath
cred about the limo formed from the
Il ecta to the Scotland light ship, and
made q gala day picture. AT i0:40
O'Clock the gun 10 start was given. At
that momeat the Thlstle and Volun-
len were southeast OF the line net
200 yards apart, each working gradu-
ally 10 the line. The Thistle was
larer, and went away on her irip
nearly four lengths ahead oi the Vol
unteer. TIE yachts started 40
follows: Thiatle, l0:t0;2l;. Vol
unteer, l0:i0:b0t. They went
over on the starhofrd talk, and
the Volunteer at once began 10 out
point and out foot her opponent.
Their course was north.nortneast for
twenty miles 20 wlndward aud return
before ths wind. Tho westherine
qualities OF the yachts " . seen at
once. The Volunteer on lnted the
cutter by nearly two pol and won
the race by tho mas,oilj .lanner In
which she was held 10 ~ ard. The
frat tack, which wasa 10, 's-seyen
miles-decided, virtnslb ne RAGS.
The Volunteer beat 10 dwArd Of
the Thistle In away The .;isAed oil
spectators who knew n Jog about
II that
rHH AnKnIcAs BOAT " WIZ.
On each tack that 4 led the
Volunteer cont iued ~ % wind.
ward and 10 act ahssd ~. The
Volunteer not only q ted Der
rival, bat oulfooted he 4. Tack
after tack showed up q ri thing,
and tack alter tack ~ at the
tloop was beating III There
could boz no mia'ak ). Tho
Volunteer took five tsck ichlng
the outer mark, and iht % rs-
onlred six. Every time after
weat about shs did II soonoi tho
sloop. A careful esili Of
the time each boat tool 90
In stays was made, and this " ne
result IN seconds; Volunteer, 70, ),
~, 20, 20; Thistle, 20, 22, 20, n, 20,
%. The wind a. tbs start Was blow.
ing about twenty miles an hour II
maintained .hst velocity ali the way
out, except duriug period Of perhaps
twenty mlnutes, when II let down
considerably, during which time the
Thistle people claimed thst they were
becalmed, while the Volunteer held
ne Wind. Reilly the coniestania
we're equally all cted. The yachts
rounded the outer mark like thls:
Volunteer, 2i26:40; Thistle, 2:4i:0.
THE BoATs SAT srrssAKKm
coming home, and the question ~ 10
whether the bread cutter could 70 last
erongh before tho wind 10 make up
tho lattef's gain In windward WORK
was 10 be dec dsd The Volunteer
had . lead OF fully two and q half
mileI when the Thistle rounded, and
that was not diminished very muol
on the run. The Thislle was fret 10
take In her epinnaker, but The volun.
iter followed suit Immediately. Thls .
move was occasloned by the lac that
neither boat could make tbs lighgBhip
With tho wind aft, aud q haul vac
necessary. 10 the run home the wind
lsi up a. well. II dropped 10 ton
miles an hour. The STEAMBOATS, had
much trouble In getting back 10 The
hnlsh limo Ca time 10 sec The Volun-
teer successfully defend the American
cue, rs m0ot OF them waited to zee
the Thistle rourd the enter marx.
That detained them nearly fifteen
m.nutes, but, oboo under way for
home, they maintained Jolly speed,
NAAI tNAN.AA AAAN AAaNN ~ NMI MnLINNs
they got there IN time 10 ser 'he
American alo1p cross the llno n win-
ner by II migues 4Si sec iuds. Toe
following table Rives ths figures, in
Guiding the ak seconds allowances that
TIC Volunteer bad 10 give the rhttlo
on forty mile course;
Actual correc'd
Start F'nsh line lime
Noiuntr. 10 40 1904 ~ ~ 8 ~ i5146it1 ltA
fhiitle--.i0t0il fiDii25isDl 55iiB
II the wlndward work the volun-
leer beai tbs Thistle Al minutes, ioi
seconds. o. the ron before the wind,
Tho Thistle beat the Volunteers min.
ntep, IA secondu. Afar the race Mr..
Bel admitted that he Volunteer. with
her center board, had fairly beaten tho
rhlstle IN the RAGS windWEld. He
nalaled, however,, that the courses
aid DOT By the Am glsan Cup Com
nitleo we're unfair. Ito said that they
LILLY expected 10 win tho inside reci,
md tho triangular, or third
ace, bscause be rad no doubt that
he Thistle could oaslly beat The
Hoop In running and reaching.